Sunday, August 30, 2020

Breaking News Alert: Battle over COVID-19 School Openings Goes to the Courts

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News Alert: Battle over COVID-19 School Openings Goes to the Courts

 
 
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Battle over COVID-19 school openings goes to the courts
Teachers unions are waging court fights across the country aimed at unwinding what they say are unsafe and politically motivated timetables for reopening schools that risk exposing personnel to the coronavirus pandemic.

State officials eager to ramp up brick-and-mortar school buildings are facing lawsuits from Florida to Texas to Iowa over reopening plans as well as access to the COVID-19 infection data needed to monitor the rate of spread within school communities. 

At the same time, lawsuits are flying from the opposition direction: Parents in several states including New York, Massachusetts and Oregon, dissatisfied with web-based teaching alternatives, are suing to force state officials to reopen physical schools sooner, as courts are increasingly called upon to referee the fight over education in the age of coronavirus. 
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